Screaming magic spells into your microphone while a jester chases you is the therapy session I didn't know I needed. Here is why YAPYAP is the loudest fun you will have this year.

Dying every fifteen minutes sounds like my personal hell, but Fear The Timeloop somehow turns constant failure into a compelling survival horror mechanic. Here is why this cheap indie title is punching way above its weight class.

Most games ask you to save the forest. This one asks you to eat it. Here is why being an illiterate plant monster is the best job I’ve had all year.

Exotica 2 promises a cozy life of selling puppies and lizards, but the reality is a chaotic nightmare of micromanagement and employees who don't know how shelves work. It is cute, but it is currently a mess.

Obey the Voice is a psychological horror game that asks a simple question: can you follow instructions while terrifying mannequins breathe down your neck? It is a stressful, beautiful, and slightly flawed experiment in pressure.

Relic finally pulled the nose up on this crashing plane. If you’ve been hiding in the trenches of CoH2 for the last three years, it is finally safe to peek over the parapet.

Gamer Stop Simulator lets you rip off children for their retro consoles in a cozy Japanese town. It is an addictive retail grind, but the "Early Access" label is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

Quarantine Zone: The Last Check is a brilliant "Papers, Please" clone with zombies that is currently being held together by duct tape and prayers.

Gambler's Table is a $5 digital dopamine machine that proves I'll watch anything as long as a number goes up and a little guy is wearing a funny hat.

This rhythm RPG promises a sweeping, emotional adventure but delivers a unfinished prologue.

DuneCrawl promises a swashbuckling adventure atop giant crabs, but technical jank and repetitive loops leave this desert feeling a bit too empty.

Guess who's back? Hitman's latest DLC brings Eminem into the World of Assassination, and while the nostalgia hits hard, the aggressive FOMO hits harder.

Alchemy Factory is a dangerous cocktail of cozy shop management and hardcore industrial automation that will absolutely ruin your sleep schedule.

PIONER tries to sell us the dream of a multiplayer S.T.A.L.K.E.R. experience, but right now it is mostly selling us infinite loading screens and stuttering frames.

Infection Free Zone fulfills the ultimate prepper fantasy of turning your own house into a zombie-killing fortress, provided you can ignore the cringe-inducing AI art and suicidal pathfinding.

It looks like Balatro, plays like Cookie Clicker, and will absolutely ruin your productivity for exactly one afternoon. We review This Ain’t Even Poker, Ya Joker, the cheap dopamine dispenser you didn't know you needed.

Bits & Bops is a fantastic rhythm game that captures everything great about Rhythm Heaven and a frustratingly short experience that feels like it could have been twice as long.

Cloudheim proves that the only thing more satisfying than quadruple-jumping across floating islands is drop-kicking a goblin into the stratosphere. It’s a physics playground with a retail management problem, but the chaos is worth the price of admission.

A grieving mother, a grid-based nightmare, and enough pixelated misery to make a goth cry. Death Howl is the Soulslike deckbuilder I didn't know I needed.

It promised the most realistic graphics ever seen, but one year later, Bodycam is struggling to keep its lens clean. Is it worth the €33 price tag?